By Arthur Spiegelman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He was a man for whom the term
muckraker was coined, a crusading journalist and novelist who
never hesitated to expose scandal at the highest levels of
government and business.

Word of the Day

pawl

A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.